Mark Boal Quotes
So to be standing here, this was really, truly, honestly never part of anything we even imagined in our wildest dreams.
Boal, Mark. "Acceptance Speech for Best Original Screenplay." 82nd Academy Awards, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 7 Mar. 2010.
In the French & Indian War, Braddock had organized a military expedition to destroy some of the forts that the French had constructed. (See {37008}.) Braddock and the other military officers thought that the force Braddock had organized would be overwhelming and easily accomplish the objective. Benjamin Franklin was one of the only Colonial leaders who expressed concern about the expedition–{583427}. This was one of the first battles for a promising young officer named George Washington who had two horses shot out from under him.
Noriega had been running drug smuggling operations in the United States. In 1989, American Troops landed in Panama and arrested him. He was brought to the United States, tried, convicted and served a jail sentence and was then extradited to Panama where he was again jailed there for his crimes as doctator.
At the time McCarthy made this statement he was suffering from an advanced state of alcoholism. He was censured. See {619921}.
Mark Boal is an American journalist, screenwriter and film producer. Before he became a prominent figure of cinema, Boal worked as a journalist for such publications as Rolling Stone, The Village Voice, Salon and Playboy. Boal's 2004 article "Death and Dishonor" was adapted for the film In the Valley of Elah, which Boal also co-wrote.
